The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-10
PRIEST TRIES TO MURDER BISHOP.
A Mexican Priest stnb- the PreIate ms the
Latter Stands mt the Altar After Masa.


IT. From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A dreadful event, that has filed the coun-
try WITH n siat ana So5 Place
on that day In in Roman Catholic countries. This
event resembles very much the one that &C.
persons who took part In the sceno occupy. tho
same positions In the Gith9lic Church. Bishop
Mo aad i" Rere Rs
'' On THURSDAY morning at 10 o'clock the largo
aud mass were heard with great attention by
Bishop Bis pe cazarcs was taking of his ornaments.
when cergyman, who stood during tho ser
vices the hs to The r
Vices. He calmly assembled the few steps lead:
s 20 e sns Coming S and hG be iaiS
full believer soliciting tho grace Of kissing the
STne ns @ 81 this hs nSHa %th fSs
assassin seemed to hesitate. but soon he drew
out from under his cloak long knife and
head OF the prelnte, an indescribable murmur
OF horror was heaf5 through the temple tenn then
e. yoTns Sno he
who interposed his arm between the Bishop
ind tho assassin Just at that time. and received
arm and entering tho Bish hops body.
The feeling OF the people soon passed from
Rojas,. thinking perhaps his crime was ac-
complished, turned to The spectators. Every
right. The tumult was horrible; the cries Of
the ladies and childIen mingled With the fall al,
glass, were heard for, many squares. Many
on Gsnfs G being hF Finally y s Zen e A1
sprang up from the multitude. and, with his
the ssas sin bnoa the left
Pu sr mt appsaTance; Sic He succeeded IN got.
M n Lsaon ne Wh an
Senior Reynoso, and together they followed the
men, running down The street and .1,, crying:
Francisco nc Milan and Miguel Areyalo..ap,
peared on the opposite corner, and At the sight
knife. Arevalo pulled out his pistol and pointed
II At him. but tho priest did not stop. Then
Els He et himself
quered and threw away the ponIard:
around thu pce 81 tho and
lynching him. and 1t was necessary to call for
number keep the
i Bishop Cazares Received two Wounds. one on
The quantity q blood lost while he WAS walt.
but it, was rsported ye e that he was se
covering. His assistant, young, .Cortes, who
tried to save him, has also tive, slight injuries,
one on his right arm and the other on his neck.
confusion in the church.
say. the blade alone measured inches In
length BY INCHES wide: the handle which Is
Il SnS tho On the blade
IS Masenwitz Junz, shelfeld." The knife is
now, and by the scratches 1t bears shows that
its possessor sharpened 1t Just before he COM
A eorreSspopdent Of the writer in that place
h% r f he
dark, and airtz Corridor. y" a. The end oi which
in the corner Of the cell / saw a human form
moving toward US, who stopped on seeing the
mite me- ' to see him we'll. He is a, tail,
vel termf %otss aged rna md III
sai time @kRS n% Gsf PsIsssts
blood Indeed. his hands were ali red. Please
fell me your asked Pselo sEss he
ahep Gazares h shs ssd eoRId
not help q; had to do mo Justice with my
enemies; | fight for freedom, Ali why notf
Even An ass fights for his liberty. For this
fSK psS S Ss Ss Is
who Is the most free Of ali beings
Ms s nds IL bss Sh
aud as could not get from him another cor
rect answer to my questions. left him. This
Is the first time that case OF this kind ever
occurred In this country"
Bishop Cazares ls well known by his virtues
as q ,prelate and his writings on philosophical
where he was sent by Archbishop Monies de
Goa of tho City of Mexico, GU a peculiar COM
mission before Pope Leo XIII.
A Desperate Case.